Richard III Factfile
Facts about the Northamptonshire born King, Richard III.
Dunkirk boat to be restored
The Lucy Lavers is being restored in North Norfolk thanks to a large heritage grant
Pigeon carrying WW2 secrets found
The remains of a carrier pigeon which was lost in action on its way to Bletchley Park has been found.
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Banknote bet for codebreaker
Bletchley Park codebreaker Alan Turing looks set to follow Sir Winston Churchill onto a banknote according to bookmakers Ladbrokes.
Sir Winston will feature on five pound notes due to enter circulation in 2016.
Punters are now speculating as to who will follow suit with Alan Turing the 4/1 favourite.
The maths genius helped crack top secret German codes. His work is credited with shortening the duration of the Second World War.
Human history museum bidding for £100,000 prize
by Malcolm RobertsonA museum in Cambridge is in the running to be awarded the title of the UK's Museum of the Year and a £100,000 prize.
Those at the Museum of of Archaeology and Anthropology in Cambridge are hopeful they can impress the judges.
Click below to watch a report by ITV News Anglia's Malcolm Robertson:
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2,000,000 year history museum nominated for award
A museum in Cambridge which covers 2,000,000 years of human history is up for a prestigious arts award which could net a prize of £100.000.
Sarah-Jane Harknett of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology says they hold fantastic exhibits from across the Anglia region and across the world.
Cambridge museum up for top arts award
A museum in Cambridge is in the running to receive a prize of £100,000 - the largest arts prize in the UK.
The Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, which recently had a major facelift, is one of ten finalists for the prestigious Art Fund Prize Museum of the Year.
The Cambridge museum will have to wait until June to find out if it's been successful.
Final words of Scott of the Antarctic
by Stuart LeithesOne of the last letters written by Antarctic explorer Captain Scott has been bought by the Scott Polar Research Institute in Cambridge.
The letter was written as he lay dying in his tent on the way back from the South Pole. It reveals his fears for the future, for his wife and son - and the certainty that he wouldn't make it back.
Click below to watch a report from ITV News Anglia's Stuart Leithes:
Richard III's Northamptonshire roots
Archaelogists are celebrating an extraordinary discovery after confirming that the body found buried under a car park in Leicester is that of King Richard III - the last monarch to die in battle, in 1485.
Today's revelations haven't just caused a stir where the King met his death, but also at the place where he was born - in Northamptonshire.
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Richard III Factfile
Facts about the Northamptonshire born King, Richard III.
Read the full storyThe moment archaeologists confirmed the skeleton was King Richard III
Richard Buckley, the Lead Archaeologist at the University of Leicester confirms to the news conference that the skeleton is that of King Richard III.
'We have searched for Richard and we have found him'
– Philippa Langley, Richard III Society"Wow, today marks the culmination of an extraordinary journey of discovery.
We have searched for Richard and we have found him, now it is time to honour him."
She describes how it was a near-miss. The dig almost got cancelled because one of the funding bodies pulled out.
The tomb design will be revealed in the next few weeks.
Remains of Northamptonshire born King found
More than 550 years since he was born at Fotheringay Castle in Northamptonshire, the body of King Richard III has been found under a car park in Leicester.
The last Yorkist King died in the Battle of Bosworth in 1485. Henry Tudor won that battle and took the throne as Henry VII.
King Richard III's body was exhumed in September. The skeleton had a curved spine, consistent with accounts of Richard III's appearance. Today, scientists at the University of Leicester confirmed that - after DNA testing - the body was that of the former King's.
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